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1.nounThe act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc."the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character"
2.nounThe condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
3.nounThat which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station."A hill is an elevation of the ground."
4.nounThe distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude."the elevation of the pole, or of a star"
5.nounThe measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
6.nounThe angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
7.nounThe movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
8.nounA geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
9.nounThe raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.